Attachment B
Federal
Sources of Recycled Content and Environmentally Preferable Products1/
General
Thousands of recycled content and
environmentally preferable products are available to procuring agencies and
their contractors through established Federal supply sources, and new items are
continuously being added. Federal
sources of EPA-designated items, and other recycled content and environmentally
preferable products, are listed in Table B.1
Table
B.1 Federal Sources of Recycled Content
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GSA Federal |
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Government
Printing Office |
Paper & Paper Products |
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(printing and writing papers only) |
Vehicular Products |
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Construction Products |
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Transportation Products (traffic
control) |
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Park and Recreation Products |
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Landscaping Products |
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Non-Paper Office Products |
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Miscellaneous Products |
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Environmentally Preferable Products |
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(soy-based inks) |
Examples of other environmental
products available through GSA's Federal Supply Service include:
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Energy
and water saving items; and
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Items
that have been chemically reformulated to be less detrimental to the
environment.
GSA Federal Supply Service
GSA produces several publications
(Table B.2) to assist customers to identify and requisition products.
Table B.2 GSA Federal Supply Service Publications
Publication |
Description |
GSA Supply Catalog |
Contains
information on several thousand products available through the Federal Supply
Service, including hundreds of recycled content and environmentally
preferable products (highlighted in green for easy identification). Also includes
information on requisitioning these products through GSA. |
Environmental Products and Services
Guide |
A separate listing of hundreds of
recycled content and environmentally preferable products. |
Customer Assistance Guide |
A detailed introduction to the Federal
Supply Service. Also contains complete
listings of regional Customer Service Directors, |
Marketips |
A bimonthly
bulletin frequently containing information about new recycled content and
environmentally preferable products being introduced. Includes
customer training seminars scheduled through GSA's regional offices. |
In addition, GSA provides GSA Advantage!, an on-line shopping mall that offers the convenience of purchasing more than one million products and services, including recycled content and environmentally preferable products, to Federal employees with the click of a button. The URL is www.gsaadvantage.gov.
The FSS publications are available through:
Centralized Mailing List Service
(CMLS)
P.O. Box 6477
Fort Worth, TX 76115
Phone: (817) 334-5215
Fax: (817) 334-5227
Retread Tires
The Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) now manages the retread tires program formerly managed by GSA. TACOM offers a Military Retread Program for tactical tires, a Cooperative Tire Qualification Program (CTQP) for non-tactical tires, and a retread facility inspection program, called the Cooperative Plant Quality Certification (CPQC). The CTQP applies to passenger car tires, light truck tires, truck and bus tires, and off-road low speed tires. As with GSA’s program, the CTQP tests tires using an on-vehicle test. A Cooperative Approval Tire List (CATL) is published for government use; it lists all the qualified manufacturers brand names, tread class, and codes by tire group. The current listing of qualified manufacturers and brands can be found on the White House Task Force on Recycling’s web site, www.ofee.gov, under Recycled Content.
Government Printing Office
A variety of recycled content printing and writing papers are available through GPO. Procurement originators should work through their Agency field printing organizations to request recycled paper for publications produced through GPO's Regional Printing and Procurement Offices, which are listed in Table B.3.
Table
B.3 GPO Regional Printing &
Procurement Offices
Regional
Office |
Location |
Phone
Number |
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404-605-9160 |
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617-720-3680 |
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Procurement: |